Verve record ‘On the Town with the Oscar Peterson Trio,’ a live album with Peterson, Herb Ellis and Ray Brown (1958)

‘On the Town with the Oscar Peterson Trio’ is a live album recorded on July 1-5 1958 with Herb Ellis and Ray Brown and released the same year by Verve.

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Frank Sinatra starts the recording of ‘Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely’ arranged by Nelson Riddle (1958)

Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely’ is an album (also known as ‘Sings for Only the Lonely’ or simply ‘Only the Lonely’) recorded on May 29, June 24 & 26 1958 and released in September 1958 By Capitol.

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Chess Records publish ‘Bo Diddley,’ an eponymous compilation album featuring ‘Hey! Bo Diddley,’ ‘I’m a Man’ and more (1958)

Bo Diddley‘ is an eponymous compilation album of his most famous songs recorded between March 2, 1955 and January 29, 1958 and released in 1958 by Chess Records

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Nat King Cole records ‘St. Louis Blues’ with Nelson Riddle as arranger and conductor (1963)

Nat King Cole‘s ‘St. Louis Blues’ is an album (OST to the film of the same name staring Cole) recorded on January 29–31, 1958 with Nelson Riddle as arranger and conductor and released in May, 1963 by Capitol.

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